diff --git a/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt b/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
index 3b7d7826b235fd3c362e72a871d6fd45a77d22c6..e0e211ee8db34874d957991e2d0ce3711561839f 100644
--- a/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ include(ExternalProject)
 
 ExternalProject_Add(googletest
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/googletest.git
+    GIT_TAG v1.8.x
     CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_DEBUG:PATH=DebugLibs
                -DCMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE:PATH=ReleaseLibs
                -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=${MSVC_COMPILER_DEFS}